Is he going to DESTROY the field with his 3,000 meter speed? Those trail running babies wont know what hit them!

Editor's note: This thread was started before the US Trial Mtn Champs and now that the race is over, we've changed the title from it's original title of "Ben Bruce in USA Mountain Running Championships" to reflect the fact that Bruce didn't make the team.

Joe Grey is there, and although Ben has run about 9 seconds faster over 10,000m, Joe will beat him by probably 5 minutes in this race. At least.

You nailed it. I'm amazed by your post. He won by like what 5:36. You must reallyunderstand trail running. I'd love to see Kipchoge or someone try one of these things or an ultra. People just assume he'd dominate. Do we know that's really true? What do you think since you seem to know what you are talking about?

Joe Grey is there, and although Ben has run about 9 seconds faster over 10,000m, Joe will beat him by probably 5 minutes in this race. At least.

You nailed it. I'm amazed by your post. He won by like what 5:36. You must reallyunderstand trail running. I'd love to see Kipchoge or someone try one of these things or an ultra. People just assume he'd dominate. Do we know that's really true? What do you think since you seem to know what you are talking about?

Kenenisa Bekele would do well in mountain racing with his thick strong muscular quads and he was a monster in cross country. Once he breaks the world record in the marathon he should move towards mountain running.

This happens nearly every year. A road/track star takes a shot at the US Mtn Championship and flops. Admittedly, many of the mountain running stars began on college track teams: Joe Gray, Hayden Hawks, Max King and more. It is okay to try new events and see if they suit you better. But mountain running is not the same as track or road racing. This race wasn't technical at all, just steep. It is an even bigger challenge to make the jump to trail racing with ups, downs, rocks and mud. Now we will see if Ben Bruce is serious about becoming a mountain runner, or if he just thought it would be easy to jump in and dominate. Will he get serious or give up?